Maynard (surname)
Maynard is a Norman/Germanic/English surname meaning "strength, hardy".
People
Notable people with the surname include:- Abra K. Maynard, American farmer and politician
- Alan Maynard, British health economist
- Amory Maynard, Industrialist, founder of Maynard, Massachusetts
- Bill Maynard, English comedian and actor
- Brad Maynard, American football punter and holder
- Brayden Maynard, Australian rules footballer
- Brittany Maynard, American activist for assisted suicide
- Bruno Maynard, French ice hockey player
- Charles Johnson Maynard, American naturalist and ornithologist
- Sir Charles Clarkson Martin Maynard, senior British Army officer
- Conor Maynard, British singer
- David Swinson Maynard, American pioneer, first doctor in Seattle
- Diana Maynard, British computational linguist
- Don Maynard, American football player
- Dori J. Maynard, President and CEO of the Maynard Institute ; daughter of Robert C. Maynard
- Edward Maynard, American firearms inventor
- Farnham Maynard, Australian Anglican clergyman and first president of the Council for Aboriginal Rights
- Finian Maynard, world champion windsurfer
- Forster Maynard, British military commander
- Fred Maynard, Aboriginal Australian activist, founder of Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association
- Gray Maynard, American mixed martial arts fighter
- Hannah Maynard, Canadian photographer
- Horace Maynard, Tennessee Congressman and U.S. Postmaster General
- Isaac H. Maynard, New York lawyer
- James Maynard, British mathematician
- Jay Maynard, computer programmer, "Tron man"
- John Maynard (disambiguation), several people
- Joyce Maynard, American author
- Kelvin Maynard, Dutch professional soccer player
- Ken Maynard, American movie stuntman and actor
- Ken Maynard (cartoonist), Australian cartoonist
- Kermit Maynard, American actor
- Kyle Maynard, American speaker, author and athlete
- Louis Maynard, French writer and historian
- Marjorie Maynard, British artist and farmer
- Mark R. Maynard, West Virginia politician
- Matthew Maynard, ex-cricketer
- Merv Maynard, Aboriginal Australian jockey, son of Fred and father of historian John Maynard
- Michelle Maynard, Western Australian politician
- Nathan Maynard, Aboriginal Australian playwright, recipient of Balnaves Fellowship in 2019
- Nicky Maynard, MK Dons F.C. striker
- Ralph Maynard Smith, architect
- Richard Maynard, Canadian photographer
- Robert Maynard (disambiguation), several people
- Spike Maynard, Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
- Thane Maynard, wildlife expert
- Tom Maynard,, English cricketer
- William H. Maynard, New York politician
Fictional characters
- Christopher Maynard, fictional antagonist from the 1996 film, The Glimmer Man, played by Stephen Tobolowsky
- John Maynard, protagonist of a ballad by the German writer Theodor Fontane